Motor Control: Swim Harder, Faster, Stronger

Cornelis Immanuel van der Zouwen; Dimitri Ryczko

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.008

Motor Control: Swim Harder, Faster, Stronger

Curr Biol. 2020 Mar 9;30(5):R229-R232. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.008.

Authors

Cornelis Immanuel van der Zouwen¹, Dimitri Ryczko²

Affiliations

¹ Département de Pharmacologie-Physiologie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
² Département de Pharmacologie-Physiologie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; Institut de Pharmacologie de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. Electronic address: dimitri.ryczko@usherbrooke.ca.

PMID: 32155428
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.008

Abstract

A new study provides evidence in zebrafish that dopamine increases the activity of motor neurons in the spinal cord, and this translates into faster swimming bouts in response to visual stimulation.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Motor Activity
Motor Neurons*
Spinal Cord
Swimming*
Zebrafish